I remember someone on Lemmy or somewhere that because they were so visually impaired that it can help describe their surroundings or help them answer questions about it. Honestly, I have no idea … I kinda just took their word for it.
Visual impairment. There was a story from like 30 years ago where a guy had some glasses device surgically attached to his skull which used a camera to help him see
They tried to force him to remove it, and it was a huge controversy
There’s a difference between medical devices and spy cameras, though: Meta’s glasses do nothing for visual impairment beyond what any regular eyeglasses could do, and – as far as I know – they don’t offer any other health benefits. They’re at best an expensive toy, and at worst, a major violation of public trust.
Medical glasses are probably absurdly expensive, though. If you can jury-rig pervert glasses to work, you might save thousands (much like people who use AirPods as hearing aids; they probably aren’t as good, but good hearing aids can be 10x or more the price, and we live in a capitalist hellscape where that’s an obstacle).
What health condition requires recording one’s surroundings?
I remember someone on Lemmy or somewhere that because they were so visually impaired that it can help describe their surroundings or help them answer questions about it. Honestly, I have no idea … I kinda just took their word for it.
Visual impairment. There was a story from like 30 years ago where a guy had some glasses device surgically attached to his skull which used a camera to help him see
They tried to force him to remove it, and it was a huge controversy
There’s a difference between medical devices and spy cameras, though: Meta’s glasses do nothing for visual impairment beyond what any regular eyeglasses could do, and – as far as I know – they don’t offer any other health benefits. They’re at best an expensive toy, and at worst, a major violation of public trust.
Medical glasses are probably absurdly expensive, though. If you can jury-rig pervert glasses to work, you might save thousands (much like people who use AirPods as hearing aids; they probably aren’t as good, but good hearing aids can be 10x or more the price, and we live in a capitalist hellscape where that’s an obstacle).